2026 has begun with a new round of layoffs and firings in the tech industry, as the first few weeks of January saw big tech companies such as Amazon and Meta announce job cuts. In 2025, a total of 1,23,941 tech employees were fired from 269 tech companies, a decline from 1,50,000 total job cuts across 549 companies in 2024, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. But last year was different because the role of AI in these job cuts became clearer. Here is a list of tech companies that have announced job cuts in 2026 so far. Also Read | Amazon to cut 16,000 corporate roles in its biggest layoffs since 2023However, since then, the company has tried to switch gears.